Westgate is an unoccupied town in the

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of Bakers Bend in the

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, Australia.

Geography

The town of Westgate is to the north of the branch line to

Quilpie Quilpie ( ) is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Quilpie, Shire of Quilpie, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Quilpie had a population of 530 people. The town is the administrative cent ...

from the Western railway line. As at November 2018, it appears to be without any buildings or structures (apart from the railway line). Although the town plan show streets, there is no visual evidence of those streets having been established.

History

The town's name is derived from the railway station name, assigned by the

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on 18 November 1911, as the junction name for the line to Quilpie, from the Charleville to

Cunnamulla Cunnamulla () is a town and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. It is south of Charleville, Queensland, Charleville, and approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane. In the 2021 Au ...

line. The town is first shown on a 1913 survey plan. Queensland electoral rolls show a large number of railway construction workers living in a camp in 1913, constructing the railway line. In 1922, the electoral roll shows a small number of railway workers living there, presumably operating and maintaining the line. After that, there appears to be no permanent population.

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* {{authority control Towns in Queensland Shire of Murweh